According to Wikipedia:
Listeria is a bacterial genus that contains six species. Named after the English pioneer of sterile surgery Joseph Lister, the genus received its current name in 1940. Listeria species are Gram-positive bacilli and are typified by L. monocytogenes, the causative agent of listeriosis.
Listeria ivanovii is a pathogen of ruminants, and can infect mice in the laboratory, although it is only rarely the cause of human disease.
Recent Listeria Case
The infection killed 13 lives in the US. 72 people have been infected with the bacteria which is said to be originated from grown cantaloupes at Jensen Farms Inc in Holly Colorado according to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention.
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